Fireboat No. 1
tacoma,
Fireboat No. 1 was built in 1929 for the Port of Tacoma by the Coastline Shipbuilding Company of Tacoma, Washington for US$148,000. She is 96 feet 6 inches (29.41 m) long with a 21-foot-6-inch (6.55 m) beam and a 6-foot (1.8 m) draft. Her seven water cannons have a capacity of 10,000 US gallons per minute (0.63 m3/s).
Fireboat No. 1 is the only fireboat in U.S. history to protect a major port by herself for more than half a century.
After 54 years of service in waterfront fire protection, harbor security patrols, search and rescue missions, and water pollutioncontrol, Fireboat No. 1 was put up on a permanent dry berth. She is one of only five fireboats designated as a National Historic Landmark.
Visitors are able to walk around her exterior, but her interior is closed to the public.
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Located in 3427 Ruston Way, Tacoma, WA
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